Game Thread GAME# 72: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 23, 2016 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), KGW

Carlisle is one of the best coaches in the league so nothing wrong with him being better. Mavs problems are terrible roster construction and constant player turnover.

Stotts is a good coach. Fans compare him to the top5 in the league which isn't fair. Those guys aren't available.

 

Let's hope Stotts won't ruin another pair of pants in this one.

 

I put too close to call because i think overall Carlisle has a better coaching staff. That can make a huge difference. I also would not say he has done as much with less than Stotts has done. The Mavs have way more talent and they should be doing much better than the Blazers. It took them overtime to beat Portland and i doubt that will be the case here. 7 game series this year between these two teams i say Stotts gets the best of him.

 

I'm going with Stotts for a couple of reasons
Portland got way better when Stotts arrived and Dallas got much worse when he left
Stotts has never lost a talent like Rondo over character issues or even had any even minor lockerroom rebellions..no disrespect to Carlysle, could be Kaleb Canales that brought them down a notch or Cuban paying big money to middle talent players

 

Tyson Chandler? Brea? Dirk injury?
I think those little things made them worse after Terry left.

Carlisle is the 2nd best coach in the league, he won a championship with Dallas, built that championship team in Detroit and led the Pacers to a 61–21 (74.4%) season and the ECF where he barely lost.

Carlisle brought players like Monta Ellis,Charlie Villanuava,Deron Williams,Zaza Pachulia and Richard Jefferson from the dead.

Come on, get real.

 

True. But also a sad statement on NBA coaches. Carlisle doesn't wow me in the least, but he IS one of the better coaches in the league.
What I hope for the most is that someday the NBA will stop with the retreads and start looking for coaches with real talent. But it's such an "old boys club" that that'll never happen.

 

That constant player turnover still has the Mavs in the playoffs. Why don't you ask Mark Cuban about Chemistry and baking a cake.

 

I'm not sold on the Mavs making the playoffs this season.

 

I agree. They played their very best game and had to go to OT to beat the Blazers at home. Blazers have a way better chance of getting in and so does Houston. The question is can the Griz hold on?

 

Are you going? I'm thinking about finding some tickets.

 

I definitely wouldn't say the Mavs have "way" more talent. They have Raymon Felton and David Lee playing significant roles. Lee wasn't even the 12th best player the last two teams he's been on. We saw how destructive Felton was here. The tall scrub Salah Mejri started the second half and played major minutes. Outside of Dirk, who is old and can't guard a chair, Parsons who is coming back from major injury, and Wes who is coming back from major injury that team is comprised entirely off cast off's and nobodies. I'd argue our roster even overachivieing as much as it has is more talented top to bottom. Amazing that Dallas hung in as the 6th seed for so much of the year. They most certainly don't have "way" more talent than any playoff teams.

 

This statement says more about you and your expectations than the talent of coaches.

 

So being in the playoff hunt is the only goal? This is a team that won a title a few years ago then let starters walk in free agency. They've had one of the best offensive players in the history of the game and a great coach with some random contributors. But if they bring back that exact roster who won a title could they have repeated?

Possibly not but we know for certain all the roster changes they've made and saving for max free agents didn't work.

 

But yet we get beat by a team you think won't even make the playoffs. Great

 

parsons is out for the season.

 

Strenuus and I will be there!